dessertn.

/dɪˈzəːt/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s desert, 1700s desart, disart, 1800s desert.

Etymology: < French dessert (Estienne 1539) ‘removal of the dishes, dessert’, < desservir to remove what has been served, to clear (the table), < des-, Latin dis- + servir to serve.

a. A course of fruit, sweetmeats, etc. served after a dinner or supper; ‘the last course at an entertainment’ (Johnson).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > course > [noun] > course after main

after-mess1489

banquet1523

after-course1580

fruit1587

dessert1600

sweet1832

confectionery1847

afters1909

pudding1934

follows1946

1600 W. Vaughan Nat. & Artific. Direct. Health (1633) ii. ix. 54 Such eating, which the French call desert, is unnaturall.

1666 S. Pepys Diary 12 July (1972) VII. 204 The Dessert coming with roses upon it, the Duchess bid him try.

1708 W. King Art of Cookery 11 'Tis the Desert that graces all the Feast.

1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 96 If the Guests may pocket the Desart.

1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 346 The Medlar..when in a state of incipient decay is employed for the dessert.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iv. iii. 239 The dessert, or last course, was already on the table.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 696 Pleasant kinds of dessert, with which we amuse ourselves after dinner.

b. ‘In the United States often used to include pies, puddings, and other sweet dishes’ ( Cent. Dict.). Now also in British usage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > [noun] > dish > sweet dish

dessert1789

entremet1824

sweet1832

pudding1934

1789 W. Maclay Jrnl. 27 Aug. (1890) iv. 138 The dessert was, first apple-pies, pudding, etc.; then iced creams, jellies, etc.; then water-melons, musk-melons, apples, peaches, nuts.

1833 H. Barnard in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1918) 13 379 The desert was pudding—cherry pie—and strawberries, cream and sugar.

1846 J. C. Patteson Let. in C. M. Yonge Life J. C. Patteson (1874) I. iii. 51 I have to give several parties..as the pastrycook's bill for desserts will show.

1848–60 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms

1864 A. V. Kirwan (title) Host & guest: a book about dinners, wines, and desserts.

1864 A. V. Kirwan Host & Guest xv. 213 A dessert should above all things be simple.

1864 A. V. Kirwan Host & Guest xv. 229 Brandied fruits, compotes and fruits preserved in syrup, are generally produced at a French dessert.

1887 Scribner's Mag. (Farmer) The pastry-cook [in Paris] is very useful. He supplies..such dessert (I use the word in the American sense) as an ordinary cook could not be expected to make.

1935 W. Cather Lucy Gayheart i. iii. 23 He might have asked her and the boys to go out to the dining-car with him and have a dessert.

1966 Woman 24 Sept. Pullout 1 (heading) A starter. A main dish. A dessert.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations.

ΚΠ

1773 Douglass in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 294 It is a common desert wine.

1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 144 Dessert apples and kitchen apples can hardly be distinguished.

C2.

dessert-knife n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > cutlery > knife

fish-knife1403

board-knifec1440

table knifea1475

butter knife1729

dessert-knife1793

balance-knife1833

cuttoe1851

steak knife1895

1793 W. B. Stevens Jrnl. 6 June (1965) i. 86 He stabbed himself in three Places with a Desert Knife.

1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 Apr. 3/1 (advt.) Dessert Knives, Sheffield steel, fine handles.

dessert-plate n.

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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > dessert-plate

jelly1709

jelly-glass1739

dessert-plate1769

salver1769

1769 J. Wedgwood Let. 20 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 80 I have modeled you three or four sorts of desert plates.

1860 All Year Round 28 Jan. 564 An eye as large as a dessert-plate.

dessert-spoon n. those used for the dessert; a dessert-spoon is intermediate in size between a table-spoon and a tea-spoon.

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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > cutlery > spoon > types of

maidenhead1495

slipc1530

Apostle spoon1631

tea-spoon1686

hall-spoon1688

pap spoon1691

tablespoon1741

dessert-spoon1808

salt-spoon1820

monkey spoon1833

Puritan spoon1875

sugar shell1895

seal-top1898

slotted spoon1900

absinthe spoon1905

trifid1927

1808 J. Austen Let. 28 Dec. (1995) 161 A whole Tablespoon & a whole dessert-spoon, & six whole Teaspoons.

1870 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) vi. 203 The servant..put down..a dessert-spoon.

1875 Family Herald 13 Nov. 30/2 Take..one dessertspoonful of allspice.

dessert-service n. the dishes, plates, and other requisites used in serving dessert.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > utensils for serving > for serving dessert

dessert-service1765

1765 J. Wedgwood Let. 6 July in Sel. Lett. (1965) 35 Mr Grants desert service will be sent today.

1851 E. C. Gaskell Let. Apr. (1966) 152 Miss Yates gives her a dessert service.

1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 702/1 A Dessert Service consists of 12 Plates and 6 Dishes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	dessert
释义	dessertn. /dɪˈzəːt/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s desert, 1700s desart, disart, 1800s desert. Etymology: < French dessert (Estienne 1539) ‘removal of the dishes, dessert’, < desservir to remove what has been served, to clear (the table), < des-, Latin dis- + servir to serve. a. A course of fruit, sweetmeats, etc. served after a dinner or supper; ‘the last course at an entertainment’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > course > [noun] > course after main after-mess1489 banquet1523 after-course1580 fruit1587 dessert1600 sweet1832 confectionery1847 afters1909 pudding1934 follows1946 1600 W. Vaughan Nat. & Artific. Direct. Health (1633) ii. ix. 54 Such eating, which the French call desert, is unnaturall. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 12 July (1972) VII. 204 The Dessert coming with roses upon it, the Duchess bid him try. 1708 W. King Art of Cookery 11 'Tis the Desert that graces all the Feast. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 96 If the Guests may pocket the Desart. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 346 The Medlar..when in a state of incipient decay is employed for the dessert. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iv. iii. 239 The dessert, or last course, was already on the table. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 696 Pleasant kinds of dessert, with which we amuse ourselves after dinner. b. ‘In the United States often used to include pies, puddings, and other sweet dishes’ ( Cent. Dict.). Now also in British usage. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > [noun] > dish > sweet dish dessert1789 entremet1824 sweet1832 pudding1934 1789 W. Maclay Jrnl. 27 Aug. (1890) iv. 138 The dessert was, first apple-pies, pudding, etc.; then iced creams, jellies, etc.; then water-melons, musk-melons, apples, peaches, nuts. 1833 H. Barnard in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1918) 13 379 The desert was pudding—cherry pie—and strawberries, cream and sugar. 1846 J. C. Patteson Let. in C. M. Yonge Life J. C. Patteson (1874) I. iii. 51 I have to give several parties..as the pastrycook's bill for desserts will show. 1848–60 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms 1864 A. V. Kirwan (title) Host & guest: a book about dinners, wines, and desserts. 1864 A. V. Kirwan Host & Guest xv. 213 A dessert should above all things be simple. 1864 A. V. Kirwan Host & Guest xv. 229 Brandied fruits, compotes and fruits preserved in syrup, are generally produced at a French dessert. 1887 Scribner's Mag. (Farmer) The pastry-cook [in Paris] is very useful. He supplies..such dessert (I use the word in the American sense) as an ordinary cook could not be expected to make. 1935 W. Cather Lucy Gayheart i. iii. 23 He might have asked her and the boys to go out to the dining-car with him and have a dessert. 1966 Woman 24 Sept. Pullout 1 (heading) A starter. A main dish. A dessert. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1773 Douglass in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 294 It is a common desert wine. 1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 144 Dessert apples and kitchen apples can hardly be distinguished. C2. dessert-knife n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > cutlery > knife fish-knife1403 board-knifec1440 table knifea1475 butter knife1729 dessert-knife1793 balance-knife1833 cuttoe1851 steak knife1895 1793 W. B. Stevens Jrnl. 6 June (1965) i. 86 He stabbed himself in three Places with a Desert Knife. 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 Apr. 3/1 (advt.) Dessert Knives, Sheffield steel, fine handles. dessert-plate n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > dessert-plate jelly1709 jelly-glass1739 dessert-plate1769 salver1769 1769 J. Wedgwood Let. 20 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 80 I have modeled you three or four sorts of desert plates. 1860 All Year Round 28 Jan. 564 An eye as large as a dessert-plate. dessert-spoon n. those used for the dessert; a dessert-spoon is intermediate in size between a table-spoon and a tea-spoon. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > cutlery > spoon > types of maidenhead1495 slipc1530 Apostle spoon1631 tea-spoon1686 hall-spoon1688 pap spoon1691 tablespoon1741 dessert-spoon1808 salt-spoon1820 monkey spoon1833 Puritan spoon1875 sugar shell1895 seal-top1898 slotted spoon1900 absinthe spoon1905 trifid1927 1808 J. Austen Let. 28 Dec. (1995) 161 A whole Tablespoon & a whole dessert-spoon, & six whole Teaspoons. 1870 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) vi. 203 The servant..put down..a dessert-spoon. 1875 Family Herald 13 Nov. 30/2 Take..one dessertspoonful of allspice. dessert-service n. the dishes, plates, and other requisites used in serving dessert. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > utensils for serving > for serving dessert dessert-service1765 1765 J. Wedgwood Let. 6 July in Sel. Lett. (1965) 35 Mr Grants desert service will be sent today. 1851 E. C. Gaskell Let. Apr. (1966) 152 Miss Yates gives her a dessert service. 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 702/1 A Dessert Service consists of 12 Plates and 6 Dishes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1600
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